Grandmaster Su Kong T'ai Djin

Su Kong T'ai Djin was born in Fukien province in 1849 and abandoned as an infant because of the genetic condition called Hypertrichosis Languinosa, a rare affliction which causes the entire body to grow hair. Ostracized outside the temple walls, he rarely left the compound and devoted his life to mastering all the Shaolin Arts. Excelling in all his training he eventually became the Grandmaster of Shaolin, the Chang Men Ren.

When the Wu Sen of the Fukien temple learned that the Ch'ing Government had sent an army led by a traitorous monk to destroy their temple, Grandmaster Su and the council decided to take drastic action. They burned down the temple themselves and, taking their priceless knowledge with them, went their separate ways in hopes of one day returning to rebuild it.

Grandmaster Su took refuge in the mountains of Fukien province where he became a teacher of the Shaolin Martial Arts. There he passed the knowledge, training and title of Grandmaster to Ie Chang Ming before his death in 1928.